Book Reviews By Sophie McC

Hello everyone! This blog post is a book review on the first book in the series: The Pineys. This book is, "The Pineys: Book 1: My Cousin, the Piney" written by Tony DiGerolamo. *I was kindly asked to read this book in exchange for an honest review* General Information Page Length: Depending on the edition, the page length is around 193 pages. Genres: Horror, Action/Adventure, Legend. Age Recommendation: 16-17+ *Swearing and sexual content, gruesome themes* Synopis In the year of 1732, Mother Leeds gave birth to the Jersey Devil, but many people believe that Mother Leeds was a witch that opened up the portals to Hell, causing hundreds of devils to roam in the woods of Pine Barrens for years. In the village of Abe's Hat, cousins after cousins of the Galloway family had formed a secret hunting society to hunt down the devils and close the portals to Hell forever. To the current day, the Galloway family have still been hunting the devils in secret. In book 1, ...

Hello everyone! I hope you are all safe and well. ♡♡ This book review is on the book: Of My Many Years Of Youth written by Emma McNamara and published when she was 17-years-old! (How amazing to have wrote and published a book at that age!) General Information Page Length: Of My Many Years Of Youth consists of 244 pages (depending on the edition, this may vary). Themes/Genres: Youth, Accepting yourself, Coming-of-age, Young Adult, Teen fiction, Magical Realism, a bit of Romance too! Age Recommendation: I would recommend this book to ages 13+  Synopsis 16 year old Jessica is lost in her many years of youth. Dreading the reality of high-school, she longs to be in kindergartener again. To be a little kid again. The kindergarten just over the fence of the highschool seems like torture, all the highschoolers doing work, whilst the kindergarteners are free to play and enjoy their youth. Jessica wishes that she can go back. Go back to the days where she was stress-free i...

Hello everyone! I hope you are all safe and well. ♡ In this blog post, I will be reviewing the book, 'A Guide Girl's Guide to Murder' by Holly Jackson. General Information Page Length: A Good Girl's Guide to Murder has roughly 433 pages. (Depending on your edition) Genres: Mystery, Thriller, Fiction, Contemporary, Young Adult. Themes: There are mature themes in this book including: murder, rape, drugs, relationships and swearing. Age recommendation: I recommend this book to mature audiences, 15+ Synopsis Straight A-student Pippa (Pip) decides to do an Extented Project Qualification (EPQ) to help earn a qualification to achieve high grades. The EPQ can be done on anything, Pip's friend chooses to do her EPQ on mouldy bread. But Pip however, she decides to do her EPQ on something a lot more serious; a research investigation on the murder of schoolgirl, Andie Bell, five years ago in 2012. Everyone in the town Little Kilton believes and has their mind set that...

Hello everyone! Yes, I am back! I took a small break because I needed to focus on a bunch of schoolwork. But, due to COVID -19, school is cancelled. (which means more reading and more reviewing!) I hope you are all are safe and well. So, from that note, this blog post is about a new book review on, "I Am Sasha" by Anita Selzer. Read along to read about my review, and a synopsis. General Information Page Length: "I Am Sasha" is told within 323 pages, including a glossary, timeline and "The Story Behind The Story" section. Genre: History, Non-fiction, World War II. Themes: World War II, Family, Romace, Friendship. Age Recommendation: This book is suitable for any age group, Minimum, 15+. Synopsis I Am Sasha book "I Am Sasha" is based on the true story of mother Larissa, and her son, Sasha/Sala during World War II. It is about the struggles of the war, and the remarkable story of what a mother does to protect her childand, even if that ...

Happy holidays everyone! A few days ago, it was my one year anniversary of book reviewing!! It has been a while since I have posted a book review, but school is done for the year so that means more reading time and more reviews! I hope you all are enjoying the holidays and had a Merry Christmas In this blog post, the book I will be reviewing is Scars Like Wings by Erin Stewart. General Information  Scars Like Wings is roughly 373 pages. (Depending on the edition/type of book you have). Scars Like Wings is a fiction novel, suited for teens and adults. Genres/Themes: Friendship, Family, Real Life Drama, High School, also a little bit of body positivity. Age Recommendation: Young Adult. (13-14+) Synopsis Sixteen-year-old Ava Lee used to have a "normal" life. She had a family, a group of friends and a boyfriend. But that was all before the fire. Ava plus her parents and cousin (a.k.a Ava's best friend) were all involved in a house fire. She loses pretty much everythi...

Hello everyone! Welcome back to another blog post and review! In this post, I will be reviewing Skeleton Creek   by Patrick Carman. I am on school holidays! (Yay!) which means I can do some more reading and reviewing! Synopsis Ryan is forbidden to visit and communicate with his friend Sarah. Why? Because he almost died. Sarah and Ryan went exploring and came across "a terrible machine" called the Dredge. Something about it is not right. Something about Skeleton Creek is not right. There are secrets that are not meant to be found. Although banned from contacting each other, Ryan and Sarah secretly communicate via email and together they continue to solve the mystery of Skeleton Creek and the Dredge. Ryan documents in a journal of what he discovers and what he remembers. (The journal is the book) Sarah documents what she finds by video. (Included in the book)  What will they discover? General Information - Pages: 186 (Depending on the edition) - Author: Patrick Carman....

Hello everyone! In this blog post, I will be reviewing the book, You Must Be Layla by Yassmin Abdel-Magied. General Information You Must Be Layla has around 277 pages. Genres/Themes -  Real Life, Self-Identity, Self-Perception, Robotics/Engineering. Age Recommendation - 12+ You Must Be Layla Book Synopsis Layla Hussein is a young Sudanese girl who has a dream on becoming a "full-on adventurer, travelling the world world, exploring new horizons, bejewelling wherever she went" (page 6). To achieve this goal, she needs to work hard to earn a scholarship for a private school,  Mary Maxmillion Grammar. Layla's hard work had paid off. On her first day of attending her new school, Layla stands out from the crowd with her headscarf and long skirt. However, things do not go Layla's way. Lots of drama happens and it turns out (SPOILER ALERT) that Layla gets suspended on her very first day! To earn her scholarship back, Layla must prove that she is capable and well-d...